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New Zealand criminalises cyberbullying
Last week, New Zealand enacted a controversial new law, The Harmful Digital Communications Act, which criminalises cyberbullying and cyber-harassment of individuals. The law applies to everyone and is
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How to access your Facebook Support Dashboard
Step 1 Login to Facebook, then click on the arrow symbol at the top right of your Facebook home screen. Facebook now lets you click Support Dashboard directly,
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Attacking the ANZACs in the lead up to Centenary
UPDATE: Success! Facebook removed this page on May 15, 2015. This briefing looks at the “Diggers are Dole Bludgers” page (ID 1008573589154801) on Facebook and provides some examples
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OHPI attends RDA@40
OHPI attended the conference RDA@40 in Sydney on February 19 and 20, 2015 organised the Australian Human Rights Commission. The conference was held to mark the 40th anniversary
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Modern antisemitism: The Holocaust and other genocides
On January 27, 2015, the Holocaust Memorial Day, OHPI published a briefing discussing how Holocaust denial is a well recognized form of antisemitism, and why social media companies’
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Reporting using the Fight Against Hate tool
‘Fight Against Hate’ Launch Event, Sydney 2014 On the 9th of December 2014, the evening before International Human Rights Day, the Online Hate Prevention Institute held a public
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How to report a Facebook comment
Whilst comments normally only display options to Like or Reply, hovering the mouse cursor over a comment will display a cross and tooltip which allows you to hide
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Gaza “War” Photo taken down
October 15, 2014: Christian Kerr, Gaza “War” Photo taken down, The Australian (Page 2: Print Edition) quotes Dr Andre Oboler. A FACEBOOK posting linking to an article that
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Misogyny and the Internet
Published in the Council Bulletin (National Council of Jewish Women of Australia Ltd.), vol 91, September 2014/5775. Two incidents in the last month have sparked a debate on
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Anti-Semitic Flyers Distributed in Sydney Again; Neo-Nazi Group Wants Jews Out of Australia (VIDEO)
Published in The Algemeiner on September 29, 2014: http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/09/29/anti-semitic-flyers-distributed-in-sydney-again-neo-nazi-group-wants-jews-out-of-australia-video/ The Australian Online Hate Prevention Institute (OPHI) is charging that a fringe neo-Nazi group is again distributing crude anti-semitic flyers in